that is going on, whether it's joplin, missouri, or gulfport, mississippi, or new orleans, louisiana, or new york, new york, or the boardwalk in new jersey and many of those small -- not-so-small beach communities, very highly populated in that area, there is a lot of suffering, but it is important for us to try to when we can and we see that the response is not what it should be, madam president, to take the time to push out some reforms, to fix what we can fix so that the $60 billion that i hope we will send to them can be used smartly, quickly, efficiently. and i am a living proof as a senator that has had to literally help lead the rebuilding of the gulf coast along with my friends from texas and mississippi and florida, and living proof as my hometown is new orleans, my brother is now the mayor and he's rebuilding that city every day. 80% of the residential communities on the east bank were destroyed completely. i mean, that would be like 80% of the district of columbia but not anacostia, but 80%, which would be the whole other side of d.c. on this side of the river being uninhabitable.
